Army, Ad Council Push Merits of Education with Badly Written Manifesto

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The Army/Ad Council Boost Up effort skyrockets in our ratings of deserved abuse with this awkwardly-phrased, melodramatic, grammatically awful and typo-ridden explanation for Boost Up’s mission.

We’re sure they’re sincere in suggesting that inside every one of us is a graduate. But clearly a high school graduate does not a good editor make. Well, guess that’s what the military – er, college – is for.

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